Disappointing (3)

"You need to speak to your son. That boy is not listening to me and he is pushing me to the verge of madness. If you wish for your wife to keep her sanity, I suggest you speak with him," Tabitha said as she paced back and forth.

Jeffrey looked up from the paper he was reading to his wife who came bursting through the door, speaking of how Tobias would be the death of her. After a day in court and dealing with disputes, all he wanted to do was enjoy reading the paper from the town and sipping a bit of wine before dozing off. 

His bedroom was meant to be his place of peace in the crazy palace. Now he was forced to fix whatever was happening between his wife and son. 

"What did he do now?" Jeffrey asked, merely to make Tabitha happy that he was listening to her though he wasn't most of the time after she came inside the room. He had been nodding his head and hoped it was appropriate for whatever she was telling him.